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The first set of 2023’s College Football Playoff rankings dropped last Tuesday, ahead of Week 10’s games. Out of the committee’s first rankings, just one top 10 team, Oklahoma, lost, and a couple others survived some real scares. So how does that shake up this week’s top 10, which will be revealed Tuesday night? These […]

The Michigan football team has been the talk of college football this season because of its play on the field, and because of allegations of improper scouting in recent years. A now-departed low-level staff member named Connor Stalions allegedly attended games of future Michigan football opponents and stole signs, raising the specter of potential sanctions […]

Despite the controversy Michigan football is facing, it hasn’t stopped oddsmakers from putting lofty expectations on Jim Harbaugh’s Wolverines. In fact, Michigan football is currently the favorite to win the college football national championship on Bet MGM, ahead of the likes of Georgia, Florida State, Alabama and Ohio State, via Darren Rovell of Action Network. […]

The NCAA’s investigation into the alleged Michigan football sign-stealing scandal just continues to get more engrossing by the week. Connor Stalions, the former staffer who is accused of conducting illegal in-person scouting at many games on behalf of the Wolverines, is being further looked at for possibly being on the sideline of Michigan State’s season […]

The Nebraska football program fell to 5-4 with a 20-17 loss to Michigan State this last week, and head coach Matt Rhule seemingly took a shot at Jim Harbaugh and Michigan amid the sign-stealing scandal after the loss. “I feel bad for our players, so we’re sitting at 5-4, we own 5-4,” Matt Rhule said, […]

Sometimes the world does you a kindness, and throws you a slow pitch right down the center of the plate. It hangs there in the air, just waiting for you to make contact. All you need to do is swing, and most likely, you’ll knock it out of the park. Today is one of those […]

Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football team have easily handled all opponents they’ve faced on the field so far this season. The Wolverines are currently 9-0 and have outscored their opponents 366-60 in those nine games. Their three toughest tests are still to come, with road games at Penn State and Maryland the next two […]

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh is certainly no stranger to awkward post-game handshakes — so much so that when Harbaugh was asked after the game about his icy handshake with Purdue head coach Ryan Walters, Harbaugh remarked it was a “typical postgame handshake.” Yeah, that sounds about right. Whether it was following a blowout win […]

Long before he was able to claim the title of Greatest Of All Time and establish himself as one of Father Time’s greatest rivals, Tom Brady was just another quarterback for the Michigan football program. Actually, perhaps that is a little unfair to TB12. When Brady left Michigan in 1999, he did so with the […]

The Michigan Wolverines sign stealing saga continues as the University president, Santa Ono, breaks his silence on the situation. While the NCAA continues to conduct its investigation into the Michigan football team’s cheating scandal, the Ono sends a message to the Big Ten Commissioner, Tony Petitti. On Friday, Ono visited with Petitti to discuss what […]

The latest update in the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal came out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, of all places today. On-site for ESPN’s College Football Gameday at the campus of the University of Alabama, ESPN Insider Pete Thamel was interviewed by Gameday host Rece Davis, discussing the latest on a potential punishment for Jim Harbaugh, dished out […]

Sports commentator Pat McAfee is never afraid to stir the pot and poke some fun at others in the college football landscape. That’s just what he did Saturday, taking some shots at the University of Michigan. Michigan is embroiled in a football sign-stealing scandal, and McAfee made mention of it on ESPN. "If [Michigan] cheated, […]

Connor Stalions, the man behind the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal, is officially no longer with the program, according to Nicole Auerbach, Austin Meek, Katie Strang, and Bruce Feldman of The Athletic. Stalions, a 28-year-old former Marine captain who joined the Michigan football staff just a couple of years ago, was initially suspended with pay on […]

The Purdue Boilermakers take on the Michigan Wolverines. Check out our college football odds series for our Purdue Michigan prediction and pick. Find how to watch Purdue Michigan. The College Football Playoff rankings were released this week, and the Michigan Wolverines are in the top four. In a normal world, we should be discussing the […]

The Michigan football sign-stealing scandal has taken a turn. The latest update reveals that the program has fired scouting analyst Connor Stalions, per Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports. “The University of Michigan has fired recruiting analyst Connor Stalions, a source tells Yahoo Sports. He was previously suspended with pay during the NCAA investigation into in-person […]

The College Football Playoff committee released their first rankings for the College Football Playoff on Tuesday. These rankings are hardly ever sticky. Every year, someone outside of the top four finds their way into the playoff despite the odds for that particular team making it seeming minuscule. It always happens, so one should be surprised […]

Just when Michigan football’s signal-stealing scandal couldn’t get any more interesting, the latest bombshell may have just dropped. Reports surfaced Friday claiming that Michigan, along with the media, is looking into who the whistleblowers are that are leaking information about the situation to media outlets, according to Chris Balas. It is believed that there are […]

The Michigan football team is currently under investigation by the NCAA for alleged sign-stealing, and the situation is getting more intense by the day. Connor Stalions was the culprit of the sign-stealing as he sent people to video the sidelines of future Michigan opponents. He was suspended with pay shortly after the investigation began. The […]

The Michigan football team is currently ranked #3 in the country and they are 8-0 on the season, but that is the last thing that people are talking about regarding the program. The Wolverines are being investigated by the NCAA right now for alleged sign-stealing, and Connor Stalions has been suspended from the team for […]

Big Ten athletic directors get the feeling their conference will come down hard on Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan football amid the recent sign-stealing scandal. The ADs feel Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti will eventually lower the boom on Harbaugh and Co., per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. “Big Ten athletic directors met with commissioner Tony Petitti on a […]

Michigan football is not very popular among their fellow Big Ten teams these days. While their College Football Playoff ranking might not show it, the Wolverines’ alleged sign-stealing scandal has rubbed a lot of coaches the wrong way. In fact, one is not even carrying on with the formalities when it comes to this ongoing […]

The Michigan football team is being scrutinized as part of a sign-stealing investigation in recent months. The tough times keep coming for Michigan, in contrast to its number three College Football Playoff ranking and undefeated record on the field. More negative news came out recently about the team’s firing of a low-level staffer over allegations […]

The Michigan football team is currently 8-0 and ranked #3 in the country, but the on-field success of the Wolverines is the last thing that people are talking about. Michigan is currently under investigation by the NCAA for sign-stealing just a couple of months after Jim Harbaugh served a three-game self-imposed suspension for recruiting violations. […]

Year one of the Matt Rhule era in Lincoln got off to a bit of a rough start as Nebraska football started the season 2-3, but things are beginning to look up. The Cornhuskers have quietly won three games in a row, and they are now part of a four-way tie atop the Big Ten […]

Things are beginning the ramp up in the Michigan football sign-stealing investigation. The conclusion of the investigation from the NCAA is still far in the future, but the Big Ten could issue suspensions/punishments at any time. The Wolverines are currently facing accusations of illegal sign-stealing, and Conor Stallions appears to have been the culprit of […]

Another day, another development in the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal, only this development isn’t coming out of Ann Arbor. It comes from Columbus, Ohio of all places, where the hatred for the University of Michigan runs so deep that the Ohio State Buckeyes do their best to cross out all “M’s” during the week of […]

As the NCAA investigation into Michigan football’s sign-stealing scandal continues, it appears that rival Big Ten coaches would like to see some action from the conference. During a meeting that was described as “emotional” and “intense”, Big Ten coaches urged commissioner Tony Petitti to “take action against Michigan”, sources told Pete Thamel of ESPN. “Collectively, […]

Fifty FBS head coaches are unanimous: the NCAA should come down hard on Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football amid their sign-stealing scandal. An overwhelming 94 percent of college football coaches said the NCAA should punish Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football. The poll results came out on Wednesday, per The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman and Max Olson. […]

Jim Harbaugh has a lot on his plate and most of them are outside of the football field. He has to deal with the NCAA’s ongoing investigation of the Michigan football program’s sign-stealing scandal. If they get proven to be guilty of using scouts to reinforce the schematics of the JJ McCarthy-led offense, their rankings […]

Now that the first College Football Playoff rankings are here, we now know who the top 4 teams in the country are. But there’s still a whole month of season play left, plus conference championships that could change these four teams — Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, Florida State — destiny, should they suffer a loss […]

What a crazy past 24 hours it’s been for the Las Vegas Raiders organization. After an embarrassing display on national television on Monday night, the Raiders fired head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler late Tuesday night, followed by the departure of offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi. As the dust settles on some truly […]

The perception of the Michigan football program has changed quite a bit in recent weeks. On the field, the Wolverines are one of the best teams in the country as they have dominated every game they have played in. Michigan is 8-0 and ranked #3 in the country, but they are now dealing with an […]

Tuesday night was the release of the very first College Football Playoff rankings for the 2023 season. There was no doubt that of a bit of surprise in the top-4, that included No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Michigan, and No. 4 Florida State. Each team at this point and maybe thereafter […]

It hasn’t even been two weeks since the Michigan football scouting and sign-stealing story initially broke, but it feels like we’ve been discussing it for an eternity now, doesn’t it? Day by day, hour by hour, more news continues to trickle out, and the combination of damning evidence and harsh blowback just keeps building like a massive […]

The Michigan football team has had a tremendous 2023 season so far as they are 8-0 and ranked #3 in the country, but they are now dealing with an investigation. Connor Stalions, a low-level staff member for the Wolverines, has been suspended after buying tickets to numerous college football games across the country in recent […]

The news surrounding the Michigan football investigation continues to take new twist and turns. It all started with allegations of illegal in-person sign stealing, and a low-level staffer named Connor Stalions was suspended from the Michigan football team shortly after the investigation began. It then became public that he had purchased numerous tickets to college […]

The Michigan football program has been undergoing a lot of pressure from the media lately. Jim Harbaugh is in the middle of a sign-stealing scandal that places a lot of doubts on the team’s College Football Playoff Rankings. But there is still a lot of optimism for the JJ McCarthy-led squad that has not been […]

The College Football Playoff rankings are here with the first poll, and like others in the past, it’s come full of criticism. It starts with the number one ranked Ohio State football team. In the latest AP and Coaches polls, the Buckeyes were ranked No. 3 in both. Yet, on Tuesday night, those in Columbus […]

The Michigan football team had their bye week last week after starting the season 8-0 with eight straight blowout wins. The Wolverines are cruising right now, and they came in at #3 in the country in the first College Football Playoff rankings. Michigan will return to action this weekend at home against Purdue, and it […]